OVERVIEW
InfoPrint ProcessDirector
Optimize your output operations.
InfoPrint ProcessDirector is a cost-effective software solution scalable to your business needs. Gain flexible control of your print and mail production processes, streamline operations, improve job-level process integrity, enhance customer service, reduce errors, and lower costs.
- Provides a scalable output management workflow system
- Utilizes a database-driven process engine with an extensible backbone for process management
- Allows you to start small and grow with your business’s requirements.
- Offers automated print management with job-level workflow control functions
- Enables you to manage document reprints from within your print center
- Add-on modules include indexing and manipulation of bar codes for document reprint operations, managing jobs according to SLAs, and predefined and custom reporting to provide metrics on the production process
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FEATURES AND BENEFITS
InfoPrint ProcessDirector
Optimize your output operations.
| Feature | Benefits |
|---|---|
| View-based reprints | Minimize costly errors by using the browser-based viewer to select the correct print jobs in the queue for precise repositioning and reprints |
| Common backbone | Manage your current and future production processes using the extensible backbone to help reduce costs and improve quality. Customize and extend your management of operations simply by attaching additional components to InfoPrint ProcessDirector™ software’s modular architecture—the solution’s foundation. The system allows you to leverage industry standards and existing investments to start transforming your transaction output processes as your business needs dictate |
| Database driven process control | Built on IBM ®DB2 Universal Database™ software, which delivers a flexible and cost-effective database platform, based on open standards, on which to scale your output operations |
| Standard programming interfaces | Enables you to connect components (including third party) |
| Browser-based GUI | Improve productivity and ease of use with the browser-base GUI. Included as a base solution feature that provides embedded IBM WebSphere ® Web server software, the intuitive and easy-to-learn graphical user interface (GUI) with dashboard allows you to supervise the production process |
| AFP building capability | Build Advanced Function Presentation (AFP™) functions from line data and index the data stream to take advantage of reprint functionality |
| Print driver | Run third-party and Intelligent Printer Data Stream (IPDS™) printers with the built-in Linux ® print driver software |
| Compatibility with InfoPrint Transform Manager | InfoPrint ProcessDirector software integrates with InfoPrint Transform Manager, which can convert PSF, PDF, TIF, JPEG and PCL files into native AFP files for flexible, multithreaded output process management |
| Third-party component support | The ability to run third-party components, such as page formatting and postal code sorting software, on the InfoPrint ProcessDirector server itself or on remote servers, helps protect your existing investments and enable flexibility in your choice of new technology going forward |
| Custom solution components | Add indexing, barcoding, customer SLA tracking and reporting capabilities that can be configured by you or by InfoPrint Solutions Company. These capabilities can help you improve productivity, increase asset utilization and reduce errors |
SPECIFICATIONS
InfoPrint ProcessDirector
Optimize your output operations.
InfoPrint ProcessDirector at a glance
| Item | Description |
|---|---|
| Minimum hardware requirements: | • AIX®—One or more 1.9 GHz or faster RISC processors |
| Software requirements: | • AIX Version 5.3 with Technology Level 05 Service pack 4 or later • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 Service Pack 3 or later |
| InfoPrint ProcessDirector software offers: | • View-based reprint capabilities that allow operators to use the browser-based viewer to select the correct document or individual pages for precise repositioning and reprints • An extensible, modular framework and common backbone that allow you to add new components and functionality as your output needs evolve • A graphical user interface (GUI) with dashboard and embedded IBM WebSphere® Web server software to help you manage jobs among multiple printers, prioritize jobs and see precisely where to restart a job • Page-level reprints (using bar code on document) and repositioning of in-process jobs • Job-level tracking, reporting and dynamic process management • System control from a browser environment • The ability to define virtual post-processing steps • Database-driven process control built on IBM DB2 Universal Database™ software • Application Programming Interface (API) backbone to connect components • The ability to submit through hot folders or through InfoPrint Solutions Company Advanced Function Presentation (AFP™) download from the host • AFP builder capabilities that enable you to build AFP files from line data and index the data stream for reprint functionality • IBM Print Services Facility (PSF) print driver to run third-party and Intelligent Printer Data Stream (IPDS) printers • The ability to reuse your existing installation of InfoPrint Manager for AIX 5L software to drive printers, helping you protect investments, create a scalable solution and take advantage of workload balancing capabilities • The ability to run third-party components, such as page formatting and document manipulation software, on the InfoPrint ProcessDirector server itself or on remote Windows®, AIX or Linux servers • Custom solution components that either you or InfoPrint Solutions Company can configure |
| Optional Extensions ¹: | InfoPrint Solutions Company intends to offer the following optional capabilities and add-on modules for InfoPrint ProcessDirector software: |
| • Reporting capabilities (predefined and custom) that can provide real-time metrics on the production process. This information is stored in a DB2® database to help you optimize utilization of your resources and devices • Service Level Agreement (SLA) management capabilities, including reports that can detail met and missed customer SLAs to help you enhance processes, improve customer service and improve overall schedule integrity • Indexing capabilities that allow you to identify mail piece boundaries within the print file without changing the application program that creates the print file. This provides the ability to reprint an individual mail piece • Ability to insert, modify or delete barcodes without having to go to the host and modify applications. This capability can help you identify documents and set the foundation for file-based insertion |
- All statements regarding InfoPrint Solutions Company's plans, directions and intent are subject to change or withdrawal without notice.
CAPABILITIES
InfoPrint ProcessDirector
Optimize your output operations.
Introduction
To compete effectively, you must reduce operational costs while improving throughput, optimizing asset utilization and maintaining production integrity. Yet the complexity of output environments is on the rise, which makes it difficult for you to optimize the production process, automate manual tasks (including job tracking and reporting, end-to-end), achieve full asset utilization and effectively manage service-level agreements.
Flexible features
Optimize process flows — InfoPrint ProcessDirector software enables you to write your own process flows; leverage standards, documentation and architecture to write your own functions within the flow; and integrate third-party software.
Control of the production print process — InfoPrint ProcessDirector software allows you to automate manual tasks to increase productivity and help lower the cost of processing. Additional capability provides accurate document reprints to help you avoid manual errors and increase productivity. The preview feature enables you to avoid mistakes by giving you confidence that the right document is being printed.
Manage document reprints from within the print center, with precision — InfoPrint ProcessDirector technology provides one system view from end to end, job-level tracking and an audit trail to help you improve job-level process integrity and quality to enhance customer service. InfoPrint ProcessDirector software provides an AFP viewer and reprint functions to streamline the process of reprinting a document.
Leverage the architecture — InfoPrint ProcessDirector provides a process engine and a backbone to which you can add new capabilities. This allows you to scale your output operations as your needs evolve and process and balance workloads to improve asset utilization and efficiency.
Leverage existing investments
The InfoPrint ProcessDirector software backbone allows you to customize and extend your operations by attaching additional components. This modularity enables you to leverage existing investments to begin transforming your transaction output processes by starting small and growing over time. InfoPrint ProcessDirector software helps protect your existing investment in InfoPrint Manager for InfoPrint Solutions Company AIX 5L™ software by acting as a process control system on top of the existing installation. A vendor-neutral solution, InfoPrint ProcessDirector software can work with third-party InfoPrint Solutions Company Intelligent Printer Data Stream™ (InfoPrint Solutions Company IPDS™) printers, third-party composition software packages, and other InfoPrint Solutions Company solutions and products, including InfoPrint Solutions Company eServer™ pSeries® servers.